The James
Fletcher
Eidson born 1852 died 1913, with his wife Nancy Agnes and their family left their home in Camden County, Missouri
by covered wagon to eventually settle in Sweetwater, Nolan
Co., TX. The 1880 census places them in San
Saba Co., TX and their son Martin (age 2) was born in Texas.

J. F. Eidson's nickname was "General" because he served as a water boy
to Confederate troops in Missouri during the Civil War.

Sweetwater, TX was considered dangerous for children to wander far away, so at
that time visits to
friends was made by escort, especially when the cowboys rode into town. The
family moved in 1906 to a new residence in Sweetwater to what is now Lamar
Street.

Reading law continuously since their marriage, Mr.
Eidson's lifelong dream was soon realized when he was admitted to the bar.
In 1981 the young attorney was elected to serve as County
Judge, a position he held for three terms.

The couple had children named GladysNell and Lora
May, Martin Van Buren, Clara
B., Kathryn E., James
Robert, John Henry, and Lilly
(died in infancy).

Nell Eidson married Mike
Lucks in about 1917. Mike Lucks was a
Jewish immigrant from Hungary. They lived in Cooper, Delta County,
Texas until Mike's death in 1925. Nell
remarried to Erwin Emery Smith (1898-1950). Gladys
Nell Smith (1891-1951) and Erwin Emery Smith are buried along with some
of the Eidson's in Sweetwater Cemetery, Nolan Co., TX

Nell
Eidson and Mike Lucks had only one child, Auti
Lucks, who died shortly after birth, only three weeks before Mike passed
away.

Nell was the sister of Lora May Eidson Leach who
was a long-time resident of Sweetwater. Lora May
Leach served as the Nolan County Treasurer.

Researcher
for the Eidson family is: Michael
LucksYou
may email him by clicking on his name